Article Choosing the Right Accounting Software for Schools A Checklist for Decision Makers Aug 12, 2025 When numbers start clouding your missionIt often begins quietly.A department head emails an updated budget—only to realize their version doesn’t align with the master spreadsheet.
Article Navigating Transitions Technology leaders offer thoughts on what makes succession planning successful Mar 25, 2025 As seasoned technology leaders approach retirement and the industry continues its rapid evolution, succession planning in independent schools has emerged as a critical priority.
Article A Shifting State of Pay ATLIS’s annual benchmarking report reveals insights into evolving independent school technology roles Mar 25, 2025 To help technology leaders understand where they fit in the broad and ever-evolving independent school landscape, it remains essential that tech leaders have what they need to start the necessary conversations surrounding compensation and growth.
Article Designing Tech-Ready Spaces for Tomorrow’s Learning Updating your infrastructure now means thinking long term – and further than you might think Mar 25, 2025 In a previous job, Afandie Winter, TLIS, once learned that planning was underway for a construction project. He started asking simple questions: Where will phones plug in? How will Wi-Fi be delivered? Where will the printers go? Will the spaces have displays or projectors? How about audio?
Article Building Your School’s Data Dream Team: A Strategic Approach Oct 2, 2024 by Josh Berberian Have you ever tried to answer a question with the support of data but found yourself baffled and befuddled by where your school stores various pieces of information?
Article TLIS Trailblazers Learn about the experiences of four of your peers in their pursuit to join inaugural class of ATLIS’s new TLIS certification earners Oct 2, 2024 by Karen Huang, Kevin Warenda, MBA;CISM;TLIS, Afandie Winter, and Lane Worrall ATLIS created the Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (TLIS) certification to ensure that people serving in such roles are fully equipped to fulfill all aspects of the job and to provide independent schools with a reliable way to identify and hire qualified technology leaders who have the n
Article Doing Your Homework When vetting potential vendors, community building has ascended the list of considerations for independent schools Oct 2, 2024 by M Diane McCormick The vendor-vetting checklist for tech leaders of independent schools is well established: cybersecurity, interoperability, educational impact, and home connectivity.
Article Members Only IT Asset Management Why do you need ITAM software? Here’s a list of reasons why leaders in the independent school community are implementing ITAM solutions in their IT Departments. Sep 9, 2024 Throughout the nation, independent schools are fixing their IT headaches with an IT Asset Management solution. Find out how you can also benefit from one below.
Article Members Only The Importance of Vendor Vetting in Schools: Ensuring Privacy, Security, and Compliance Jun 26, 2024 by Mark Orchison Schools are increasingly reliant on various vendors to provide essential services, ranging from educational software to data management systems. With this reliance comes the critical responsibility of ensuring that these vendors adhere to stringent privacy, security, and compliance standards.
Article Managing Vendors and Vetting New Products May 30, 2024 by Ashley Cross CAE, CAE;Ed.D In the labyrinthine world of K–12 educational technology, independent school technologists face a unique challenge. Balancing the needs of a modern curriculum with the safety and privacy of student data requires a meticulous approach to IT vendor vetting.